Name: African Book Club: The Road to the Salt Sea with Samuel Kọláwọlé
Start: 2024-10-24T18:00:00-0700
End: 2024-10-24T20:00:00-0700

Thursday October 24, 2024 6:00pm - 8:00pm PDT

Museum of the African Diaspora

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Part of Litquake’s Words Around the World
Co-presented with Museum of the African Diaspora

Join MoAD and Litquake for a conversation with Nigerian author Samuel Kọláwọlé as he discusses his debut novel, The Road to the Salt Sea, a searing exploration of the global migration crisis that moves from Nigeria to Libya to Italy, from an exciting new literary voice. This program is presented as part of MoAD's African Book Club series, dedicated to reading and promoting 21st-century literature by and about Africans. Kọláwọlé will be in conversation with author, professor, host, and co-founder of African Book Club, Faith Adiele. FREE, $10-15 suggested donation
Book sales for this event coordinated by The Museum of African Diaspora.

Moderators

Faith Adiele

Faith Adiele co-founded and hosts MoAD’s African Book Club, and her monthly column for Detour: Best Stories in Black Travel is syndicated in The Miami Herald. An award-winning memoirist, she contributes to the CALM app, HBO-Max, Alta Magazine, Hyperallergic and others, and her recent... Read More →

Authors and Participants

Samuel Kọláwọlé

Samuel Kọláwọlé was born and raised in Ibadan, Nigeria. His work has appeared in AGNI, Georgia Review, The Hopkins Review, Gulf Coast, Washington Square Review, Harvard Review, Image Journal, and other literary publications. He has received numerous residencies and fellowships... Read More →

Thursday October 24, 2024 6:00pm - 8:00pm PDT
Museum of the African Diaspora

Words Around the World

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Litquake 2024

Faith Adiele

Samuel Kọláwọlé

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